2.07.2016

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Yellow Fever Archive: Do you ever feel misunderstood or silenced down? Do you feel like you've been otherized, sexualized, objectified or patronized? And do those feelings have anything to do with your Asian-ness? Racism is not only about throwing rocks at people and telling them to go back to their own country. This website invites you to submit your writing, photos, artwork, etc. Because your story matters.

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Cleared after stabbing, former UW student wants his life back: Jarred Ha was arrested and kicked out of the University of Washington last year after a fight that began over a parking dispute between neighbors and ended with a 19-year-old stabbed. Ha, 22, was acquitted last month, with jurors ruling he acted in self-defense.

New Procedure Helps Wounded Vet Father a Child: When an Army medic suffered a lower body injury during an explosion while serving in Afghanistan, he thought he had lost his ability to have biological children. But a medical advance is giving Thai Lee a chance at fatherhood.

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Sidekicked and Then Some: A Call for Journalistic Accountability: A Seattle Times article wrongfully labeled Hollis Wong-Wear a "sidekick." Their apology letter contained everything you should not say in an apology letter. "Essentially, they said sorry that they unknowingly used a word that was touchy with my people, but refused to even try to see how it undermined me, and instead chose to reaffirm their position as cultural authority while gaslighting me into the role of the angry Asian woman."

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Drinking From a Salt Pond: Run River North speak candidly about how they came to make their sophomore album Drinking From a Salt Pond, during a process in which the band nearly broke up twice in 2015.